COUNTY LIFE
Future is wide open for BHS grad who never thought past age 18
By BARBARA GREEN
When you meet Amanda Wilson you are struck by her petite size and soft-spoken voice.
However, behind those soft-brown eyes is the strong will and tenacity of a young woman who walked into a Bowie High School classroom four years ago with virtually no formal education and in a few days she will graduate as number nine in the 105-member class of 2016.
There are often stories of those who rise above their circumstances and Amanda Wilson is certainly one of those young people.
At the age of 16, she and her older sister came to live with their maternal grandmother, Wanda Brummett in Bowie. Those two girls, along with their four younger siblings were removed from their parents’ home due to severe neglect. The younger children went to live with an aunt in Wichita Falls. Today, the children range in age from 22 to 15.
Amanda does not go into details of the problems only to say, “it wasn’t a great home.”
Read the full feature in your mid-week News.
Amanda Wilson gets a high five at Bowie Intermediate as the graduating class did the first Senior Walk last week at all the campuses. (Photo by Barbara Green)
The May 8 deadline is almost here for the 2024 Keepsake Graduation section produced by The Bowie News. It is the only section where you will see senior photos of every high school in Montague County and Bellevue.
If you want to honor your graduate with a special ad or your business wants to congratulate a working senior, call 872-2247 or print a copy of the submission form at bowienewsonline.com. The section will publish on May 22.
This weekend find the deals in the City of Bowie Community-wide garage sales April 26-27.
See the map of a garage sale locations in Bowie in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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The big take-away from Tuesday’s Bowie Business Boost was time: “It only takes six seconds to make an impression in life.”
Lorie Vincent, certified economic developer, professional trainer and writer, was speaker for program number three of Bowie Boost with a focus on “Memorable Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Era.”
She opened about how she had started her business, ‘Acceleration by Design,’ and things were “rocking,” when 2020 came and things changed with the worldwide pandemic. As things began to reopen it appeared there were more opportunities but also more challenges.
Vincent laughed as she showed a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies,” infomercial that became one of the most popular and still running ads.
“Can you believe back then we would call a 1-800 number and give someone our credit card? That is crazy. They used big music, big voices and big adjectives,” exclaimed Vincent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
(Top photo) Lorie Vincent, Acceleration by Design, discussed how marketing has flipped upside-down in this post-pandemic era. She spoke at the Bowie Business Boost part 3. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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